Liberia’s President warns Ebola outbreak could become a ‘global crisis’
By Shelby Lin Erdman
CNN.com
Mon September 1, 2014
(CNN) — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Monday that the situation over the massive Ebola outbreak in her country “remains grave.”
“Our health delivery system is under stress. The international community couldn’t respond quickly,” Johnson Sirleaf told CNN’s Nima Elbagir in an interview.
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Liberia is one of three nations, including Guinea and Sierra Leone, at the center of the deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history. More than 1,500 people have died from the highly infectious virus since March.
The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 3,000 cases and says the outbreak is still accelerating across West Africa.
Johnson Sirleaf also extended the stay-at-home order for all nonessential government employees for another month on Monday, underscoring the still dangerous health conditions the Ebola virus is causing in the country.
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